US20130170330A1 - Controlled contact or contactless force transmission in a timepiece - Google Patents

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US20130170330A1
US20130170330A1 US13/812,411 US201113812411A US2013170330A1 US 20130170330 A1 US20130170330 A1 US 20130170330A1 US 201113812411 A US201113812411 A US 201113812411A US 2013170330 A1 US2013170330 A1 US 2013170330A1
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Thierry Hessler
Michel Willemin
Jean-Luc Helfer
Francois Gueissaz
Thierry Conus
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04B—MECHANICALLY-DRIVEN CLOCKS OR WATCHES; MECHANICAL PARTS OF CLOCKS OR WATCHES IN GENERAL; TIME PIECES USING THE POSITION OF THE SUN, MOON OR STARS
    • G04B13/00—Gearwork
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05D—PROCESSES FOR APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05D5/00—Processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces to obtain special surface effects, finishes or structures
    • B05D5/12—Processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces to obtain special surface effects, finishes or structures to obtain a coating with specific electrical properties
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04B—MECHANICALLY-DRIVEN CLOCKS OR WATCHES; MECHANICAL PARTS OF CLOCKS OR WATCHES IN GENERAL; TIME PIECES USING THE POSITION OF THE SUN, MOON OR STARS
    • G04B13/00—Gearwork
    • G04B13/02—Wheels; Pinions; Spindles; Pivots
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04B—MECHANICALLY-DRIVEN CLOCKS OR WATCHES; MECHANICAL PARTS OF CLOCKS OR WATCHES IN GENERAL; TIME PIECES USING THE POSITION OF THE SUN, MOON OR STARS
    • G04B13/00—Gearwork
    • G04B13/02—Wheels; Pinions; Spindles; Pivots
    • G04B13/021—Wheels; Pinions; Spindles; Pivots elastic fitting with a spindle, axis or shaft
    • G04B13/022—Wheels; Pinions; Spindles; Pivots elastic fitting with a spindle, axis or shaft with parts made of hard material, e.g. silicon, diamond, sapphire, quartz and the like
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04B—MECHANICALLY-DRIVEN CLOCKS OR WATCHES; MECHANICAL PARTS OF CLOCKS OR WATCHES IN GENERAL; TIME PIECES USING THE POSITION OF THE SUN, MOON OR STARS
    • G04B31/00—Bearings; Point suspensions or counter-point suspensions; Pivot bearings; Single parts therefor
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04D—APPARATUS OR TOOLS SPECIALLY DESIGNED FOR MAKING OR MAINTAINING CLOCKS OR WATCHES
    • G04D3/00—Watchmakers' or watch-repairers' machines or tools for working materials
    • G04D3/0069—Watchmakers' or watch-repairers' machines or tools for working materials for working with non-mechanical means, e.g. chemical, electrochemical, metallising, vapourising; with electron beams, laser beams
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02K—DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES
    • H02K49/00—Dynamo-electric clutches; Dynamo-electric brakes
    • H02K49/10—Dynamo-electric clutches; Dynamo-electric brakes of the permanent-magnet type
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02N—ELECTRIC MACHINES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H02N11/00—Generators or motors not provided for elsewhere; Alleged perpetua mobilia obtained by electric or magnetic means
    • H02N11/006—Motors

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CH01250/10 2010-07-30
CH01250/10A CH703475B1 (fr) 2010-07-30 2010-07-30 Procédé de réalisation d'une transmission sans contact dans un mouvement d'horlogerie.
PCT/EP2011/057578 WO2012013374A1 (fr) 2010-07-30 2011-05-11 Transmission de force a contact reduit ou sans contact dans un mouvement d ' horlogerie

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EP (1) EP2598952B1 (fr)
JP (1) JP5551318B2 (fr)
CN (1) CN103097968B (fr)
CH (2) CH703475B1 (fr)
HK (1) HK1185158A1 (fr)
RU (1) RU2559984C2 (fr)
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US4943750A (en) * 1987-05-20 1990-07-24 Massachusetts Institute Of Technology Electrostatic micromotor
US5002900A (en) * 1987-12-08 1991-03-26 Akio Takahashi Method of producing semiconductor motor
US5326430A (en) * 1992-09-24 1994-07-05 International Business Machines Corporation Cooling microfan arrangements and process
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CH709705A1 (fr) * 2014-05-28 2015-11-30 Sigatec Sa Procédé de fabrication d'une pièce de micro-mécanique et pièce de micro-mécanique correspondante.
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CH703475A2 (fr) 2012-01-31
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